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Throwback Thursday: Queen’s Album, 1974

For today’s post in the #ThrowbackThursday topic I look at Queen’s third LP album – Sheer Heart Attack, which was released on 8 November 1974. The sound in this album shifted from the sound of the previous two albums and away from progressive rock towards the classic Queen style we are familiar with.One of my favourite songs, Killer Queen, was released as its first single and reached No 2 in the British charts. It was the band’s first international hit. Freddie wrote the song starting with the lyrics. It is about an elite prostitute offering service to top figures.###She keeps Moet et ChandonIn her pretty cabinet‘Let them eat cake’ she saysJust like Marie AntoinetteA built-in remedyFor Kruschev and KennedyAt anytime an invitationYou can’t decline

Caviar and cigarettesWell versed in etiquetteExtraordinarily nice

She’s a Killer QueenGunpowder, gelatinDynamite with a laser beamGuaranteed to blow your mindAnytime

Recommended at the priceInsatiable an appetiteWanna try?

To avoid complicationsShe never kept the same addressIn conversationShe spoke just like a baronessMet a man from ChinaWent down to Geisha MinahThen again incidentallyIf you’re that way inclined

Perfume came naturally from ParisFor cars she couldn’t care lessFastidious and precise

She’s a Killer QueenGunpowder, gelatinDynamite with a laser beamGuaranteed to blow your mindAnytime

Drop of a hat she’s as willing asPlayful as a pussy catThen momentarily out of actionTemporarily out of gasTo absolutely drive you wild, wild.She’s all out to get you

She’s a Killer QueenGunpowder, gelatinDynamite with a laser beamGuaranteed to blow your mindAnytime

Recommended at the priceInsatiable an appetiteWanna try?You wanna try.

I read here, on the band’s official website, about the specifics around making, recording and releasing the album.And now, it’s time to listen to some music. I picked the recording of Queen’s performance at Top of the Pops in 1974. Enjoy!

After this magical song, post a comment to tell me which is your favourite song/album by Queen.